Sir Chris Hoy takes maiden podium finish in British GT championship

Sir Chris Hoy took his first British GT podium finish in the championship's overseas event at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend.

Cycling legend Hoy, who has only been racing cars competitively for a year, took the rostrum in race two having come within touching distance of bagging the win.

The opening race saw the Trackspeed pairing of Phil Keen and Jon Minshaw claim their second win of 2014.

Minshaw contested the early stages, then Keen took over their Porsche and set about catching the Motorbase-run Aston Martin of Ahmad Al-Harthy and Michael Caine. Minshaw quickly chased Caine done and passed him on the run to Les Combes.

The Aston finished second ahead of the sister Motorbase car of Rory Butcher and Jeff Smith.

James Weeks

James is a freelance motorsport writer who has covered international and domestic championships in print and for the web. He has reported from the British Grand Prix and Le Mans 24 Hours and forgotten more about Formula 1 than was worth knowing in the first place.